Boom!
The void exploded, like rolling thunder, resounding through heaven and earth.
At the same time, dazzling light shot into the sky, making the entire world impossible to look at directly.
Ferocious, overwhelming shockwaves swept outward in all directions.
In that instant, even Cheng Buzheng's avatar, with the cultivation of Nascent Soul Late Stage and mastery of many divine abilities, could not withstand it head-on.
He could only retreat.
Unfortunately, everything happened in the span of an instant.
Before even Cheng Buzheng, who possessed Nascent Soul Late Stage cultivation, could react, the lingering force from Crystal Calamity's self-destruction as a half-step Demon Venerable had already come crashing toward him.
Pop!
After a loud noise, the barrier surrounding Cheng Buzheng shattered inch by inch.
Not only did his divine ability barrier break apart, but even his protective Magic Treasure was reduced to nothing before the overwhelming shockwaves.
At the same time!
A black figure was sent flying backward.
Yet, at the very moment the barrier shattered and his defensive Magic Treasure was pulverized, Cheng Buzheng reacted.
Had it been anyone else, even if they had reacted in time, facing the might of a half-step Demon Venerable's self-destruction, they could only await death's arrival.
After all, before absolute power, all efforts were futile.
But Cheng Buzheng, who had mastered many divine abilities, naturally had a chance to struggle.
In an instant, as Cheng Buzheng flew backward, a thought stirred in his heart.
In the next moment, his figure vanished without a trace, as though he had never existed in this world—or as though Cheng Buzheng had been reduced to ash beneath the half-step Demon Venerable's self-destruction, leaving not the slightest trace behind.
However, amid the force of the self-destruction and the myriad phenomena, no one noticed this.
This was because the power